FALDAGE
\fˈaldɪd͡ʒ], \fˈaldɪdʒ], \f_ˈa_l_d_ɪ_dʒ]\
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A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; - often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
By Oddity Software
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A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; - often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
By Noah Webster.
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The privilege which anciently several lords reserved to themselves of settingup folds for sheep iu any fields within their manors, the better to manure them,and this not only with their own but their tenants' sheep. Called, variously, "scvta faltlare,""fold-course," "free-fold," "faldayii." Cowell; Spelman.
By Henry Campbell Black